Dell EMC OpenManage Integration for Microsoft System Center is an appliance-based integration with the System Center suite of products.

Note: System Center Virtual Machine Manager is only supported for Windows Server variants.

OpenManage Integration for Microsoft System Center enables full life-cycle management of Dell EMC PowerEdge servers by using iDRAC with Lifecycle Controller (LC).

OpenManage Integration for Microsoft System Center provides operating system deployment, Azure Stack HCI cluster creation, hardware and firmware updating, and maintenance of servers and modular systems. Integrate OpenManage Integration for Microsoft System Center with Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) to manage your PowerEdge servers in virtual and cloud environments.

Checking compliance and updating firmware

Note: This method is applicable only for Storage Spaces Direct Ready Nodes.

Perform compliance checks, bare-metal firmware updates, and firmware updates using the cluster-aware update feature. To perform these tasks, within SCVMM, first discover the Storage Spaces Direct Ready Nodes and create or edit an update source.

Before performing these tasks, ensure that:

SCVMM and the OpenManage Integration for Microsoft System Center appliance are deployed and configured. For more information, see the installation guide at https://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/04/product-support/product/omimssc-sccm-scvmm-v7.2/docs.
The Azure Stack HCI cluster is deployed by using OpenManage Integration for Microsoft System Center. For more information about deploying an Azure Stack HCI cluster, see the user guide at https://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/04/product-support/product/omimssc-sccm-scvmm-v7.2/docs.

Discovering the nodes

To perform compliance checks and firmware updates, first discover the nodes.

Launch SCVMM.
In the left pane, click Fabric, and then, under Servers, select All Hosts.
On the top banner, click DELL EMC OMIMSSC.
Expand Configuration and Deployment and select Server View.
On the Server View page, click Discover.
In the Discover window, select Discover using an IP Address or Discover using an IP Range.
Click Create newto create a credential profile for iDRAC.
1. On the Credential Profilepage:
  - At Credential Type, select Device Credential Profile.
  - At Profile Name, enter the profile name.
  - At Profile Description, enter a profile description (optional).
  - At User name, enter the iDRAC username.
  - At Password, enter the iDRAC password.
  - At Default Profile for, select IDRAC.
2. Click Finish.
For Apply this Credential Profile, select the credential profile that you created.
For iDRAC IP Address, enter the IP address details of the nodes.
For Job Name, enter a job name for discovery.

Creating or editing an update source

After discovering the nodes, create or edit an update source before performing compliance checks and firmware updates within SCVMM.

Launch SCVMM.
In the left pane, click Fabric, and then, under Servers, select All Hosts.
On the top banner, click DELL EMC OMIMSSC.
In the left pane, select Maintenance Center, and then, at the top of the window, select Maintenance Settings.
Update the systems by using the online catalog or offline catalog.
Using the online catalog:
1. Select DELL ONLINE HTTPS CATALOG (default), and then click edit.
2. On the Firmware Update Source page, keep the default values, create a proxy credentials profile, and select the proxy credentials to connect to the Internet.
3. Click Test Connection to test the Internet connection to the catalog path.
4. Click Save.
Using the offline (Dell Repository Manager) catalog:
1. Click Create.
2. On the Firmware Update page:
  - For Firmware Update Source Name, enter a friendly source name.
  - For Description, enter a description (optional).
  - For Source Type, select Dell Repository manager sources.
  - For Location, enter the shared path location: \\ <servername\folder\filename.xml>
  - For Credentials, create a credentials profile or use an existing profile to connect to the shared path.
3. Click Test Connection to test the connection to the shared path.
4. Click Save.

Updating the firmware on a bare-metal server

With OpenManage Integration for Microsoft System Center on a bare-metal server, you can update firmware or schedule firmware updates.

Launch SCVMM.
In the left pane, click Fabric, and then, under Servers, select All Hosts.
On the top banner, click DELL EMC OMIMSSC.
In the left pane, select Maintenance Center.
In the Device Group/Servers list, select Default Unassigned Servers Update Group, which is where the discovered servers are listed.
Under Select Update Source, select DELL ONLINE HTTPS S2D CATALOG.
Use the Filter Updates menu to filter the compliance report based on the nature of the update, component type, or server model.
The compliance report of the servers in the selected group is displayed.
Click Run Update.
In the Update Detailswindow:
- At Firmware Update Job Name, enter the job name.
- At Firmware Update Job Description, enter the job description.
- If you want to downgrade the firmware to the catalog version (not recommended), select Allow Downgrade.
- At Schedule Update, select Run Now or schedule an update for a later time.
- At Update Method, select an update method.
  - Agent Free Update—Updates are applied, and the system restarts immediately.
  - Agent-Free Staged Update—Updates that do not require a system restart are applied immediately. Updates that require a restart are applied when the system restarts.
Click Finish.

Updating the firmware with the cluster-aware feature

With OpenManage Integration for Microsoft System Center, you can update firmware or schedule firmware updates using the cluster-aware feature.

Launch SCVMM.
In the left pane, click Fabric, and then, under Servers, select All Hosts.
On the top banner, click DELL EMC OMIMSSC.
In the left pane, select Maintenance Center.
In the Device Group/Servers list, select Cluster_ <ClusterName> _Group, which is where the discovered servers are listed.
Under Select Update Source, select DELL ONLINE HTTPS S2D CATALOG.
Use the Filter Updates menu to filter the compliance report based on the nature of the update, component type, or server model.
The compliance report of the servers in the selected group is displayed.
Click Run Update.
In the Update Detailswindow:
- At Firmware Update Job Name, enter the job name.
- At Firmware Update Job Description, enter the job description.
- If you want to downgrade the firmware to the catalog version (not recommended), select Allow Downgrade.
- At Schedule Update, select Run Now or schedule an update for a later time.
- At Update Method, select an update method.
  - Agent Free Update—Updates are applied, and the system restarts immediately.
  - Agent-Free Staged Update—Updates that do not require a system restart are applied immediately. Updates that require a restart are applied when the system restarts.
Click Finish.